Paolo Veronese
1528–1588 · High Renaissance and Mannerism · 3 works
Paolo Veronese made ambitious paintings for churches, palaces, and villas in Venice and the surrounding region. Architecture gives his gatherings a stage: columns, stairs, and open doorways organize crowds without making every figure equally prominent. Rich fabrics and bright passages of color can draw attention before the story becomes clear. He painted religious subjects, mythology, and portraits, often combining an impressive public setting with small exchanges between people. Following a hand, a glance, or a turned body is a useful way into these busy compositions.
3 works · 1571–1575
Choose one figure, then follow the people looking toward them. Does the strongest color lead you to the same place?
Albrecht Altdorfer
Head of a Young Man, 1507
Albrecht Dürer
The Virgin with the Dragonfly, c. 1495
Daniel Hopfer, I
Adam, by 1522
